It is said that famous men are usually the product of unhappy childhood. The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious mother-wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.
Children Quotes
Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked by children.
Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
To see your child through the Eyes of Delight is the greatest gift in the world you can give to your child and to yourself.
I’ve been to war. I’ve raised twins. If I had a choice, I’d rather go to war. (Jan. 27, 2002)
Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet, it is because others have raised us up. If, as adults, we can lay claim to competence and compassion, it only means that other human beings have been willing and enabled to commit […]
It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children. (on “parental empowerment in education)
We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an education system that’s responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, […]
Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child’s reason without destroying your own.
